Earnhardt says he respects Harvick, calls his comments hurtful

Posted - August 13 201707:31

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Earnhardt says he respects Harvick, calls his comments hurtful

The track found a photo of Junior, his dad, Dale Earnhardt Sr., and his older brother Kerry Earnhardt from the only NASCAR Cup Series race all three of them ever competed in together before Senior died in 2001 during the Daytona 500.

The driver has always been NASCAR's most popular driver and accounts for the most merchandise sales on a weekly basis, said Chris Williams, vice president of trackside sales for Fanatics.

"Dale Earnhardt Jr. has won the most popular driver (award) for however many years in a row ..."

NASCAR merchandise is a billion-dollar industry, with the large trailers going to every Cup Series race and logging roughly 52,000 miles in a season.

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"I've got a unique type of respect for Harvick that's different from most of the drivers because of his history and more recently with what he's done with JR Motorsports - he brought an attitude and a commitment and a change in performance", Earnhardt said.

"I have an incredible amount of respect for him", he said of Harvick, per Bob Pockrass of ESPN.

"I'm sure it's easy to take it a number of ways". "For me I believe Dale Jr. has had a big part in stunting the growth of NASCAR because he's got these legions of fans, this huge outreach of being able to reach these places none of us have the possibility to reach". Even Jimmie Johnson with his seven championships isn't as well-known among casual fans as Earnhardt.

A two-time Xfinity Series champion, Earnhardt is in his final full-time season as a Cup Series driver.

"I certainly hope that's not the case", Earnhardt said "I put a lot into this sport, and I know that I might not have met everyone's expectations, but I certainly exceeded my own and I'm super proud of what I've been able to accomplish".

"So when I won my first few races in the Xfinity Series, I thought, 'Well, all right, I'll be able to keep a job in this sport for a while because of this little bit of success I've had'".

Earnhardt, who in many ways has had to live in the shadow of his seven-time Cup championship-winning father Dale Earnhardt, said he could hold up his head despite the title eluding him. "I hate that's how he feels".

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"He had his opinions the week before on driver salaries and driver ages and those things, and I don't know that anybody in the garage agreed with those, either", Harvick said. "This is silly, but the way I thought in '97, 'Man, if I could get into an Xfinity auto and win just one race, what do I need to do just to say ... that's enough to keep me around?'" I think it definitely probably upset some of the veteran guys. "Selfishly, I'm a vehicle salesman, and I've got a lot of them in the lot".

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